Olympic Marathon Trials Will Be Broadcast Live

The 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will be broadcast live on NBC from Los Angeles, USA Track & Field announced today. The network will also air the men's and women's races nationally on NBC Sports Live Extra, which is a streaming app available on desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs.

It's the first time in the U.S. Olympic team trial history that the marathons will be available for live viewing, according to the press release. At the 2012 trials in Houston, the races aired on tape-delay. The 2016 broadcast will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern on February 13, 2016.

The course is set to begin and end in downtown Los Angeles and is designed to encourage spectators. It features one two-mile loop and then heads south for four six-mile loops, which pass by such landmarks as the University of Southern California campus and the L.A. Coliseum.

The top three men and women will qualify to join the U.S. Olympic team headed to Rio de Janeiro next August for the 2016 Games.

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